Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
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The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, also known since 2005 as the Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons Inc. is a Canadian fast casual restaurant known for its coffee and doughnuts. It is also Canada's largest fast food service with over 3000 stores nationwide. It was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by Canadian hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade, after an initial venture in...

 Roar of the Rings
, occur every four years, in the year preceding the Winter Olympic games. They are held to determine the men's and women's representative at the following Olympics. The system of qualification for the Curling Trials varies for each event, and can be quite complicated. One main reason for a separate event over the National Championships (Brier and STOH) is that provincial residency rules do not apply to the Olympic team.

Men's Champions

Trials Winning team Runners up Location Placing at Olympics
1997
1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held Nov. 22-30, 1997 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Final Standings:-Playoffs:-Final Standings:...

Mike Harris
Mike Harris (curler)
Mike Harris is a Canadian curler. Mike Harris is the golf professional at The Donalda Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario....

, Richard Hart
Richard Hart (curler)
Richard Hart is a retired Canadian curler from Pickering, Ontario. With skip Glenn Howard, Hart has played in 8 straight Ontario Finals....

, Collin Mitchell
Collin Mitchell
Collin Mitchell is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He lives in Pickering, Ontario.- References :...

, George Karrys
George Karrys
George Karrys is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Karrys is also the owner of the The Curling News as well as the World Curling Federation's media relations officer. -External Links:*...

, Paul Savage
Paul Savage (curler)
A. Paul Savage is a Canadian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He played on the Canadian winning team at the 1983 World championships. He lives in Markham, Ontario.-References:...

Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin (curler)
Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

, Don Walchuk
Don Walchuk
Donald J. Walchuk is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. Until April 26, 2006, Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin's team.Walchuk joined up with Martin prior to the 1996 season...

, Rudy Ramcharan
Rudy Ramcharan
Rudy Ramcharan is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He played second for three seasons for Kevin Martin from 1996-97 to 1998-99. He won a Brier as a member of the team in 1997....

, Don Bartlett
Don Bartlett
Donald "Don" Bartlett is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Until April 26, 2006, Barlett played lead for Kevin Martin....

Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...

Silver
2001
2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 1-9, 2001 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics.-Final Standings:-Playoffs:-Final Standings:...

Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin (curler)
Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

, Don Walchuk
Don Walchuk
Donald J. Walchuk is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. Until April 26, 2006, Walchuk played third for Kevin Martin's team.Walchuk joined up with Martin prior to the 1996 season...

, Carter Rycroft
Carter Rycroft
Carter Rycroft is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic team, skipped by Kevin Martin that won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics...

, Don Bartlett
Don Bartlett
Donald "Don" Bartlett is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta.Until April 26, 2006, Barlett played lead for Kevin Martin....

, Ken Tralnberg
Ken Tralnberg
Kenneth Tralnberg is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He lives in St. Albert, Alberta....

Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Reston, Manitoba. He is a two time Canadian champion skip, and the 1995 World Champion skip.-Career:...

, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin, Keith Fenton, Andy Hick
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

Silver
2005
2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 3-11, 2005 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.-Teams: = Skips, but does not throw last rocks...

Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue
Bradley Raymond "Brad" Gushue, ONL is a Canadian curler from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the gold medal by defeating Finland...

, Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, ONL is a Canadian curler from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Nichols played third for the Brad Gushue rink from 1999 to 2011, and represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. With Gushue, Nichols has been to three Canadian Junior Curling Championships and six Briers...

, Russ Howard
Russ Howard
Russell W. "Russ" Howard, ONL is a Canadian curler and Olympic champion, based in Moncton, New Brunswick, but originally from Midland, Ontario. His home club in Moncton is Curling Beausejour...

, Jamie Korab
Jamie Korab
Jamie A. Korab, ONL is a Canadian curler.Korab was the lead for the Canadian men's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Brad Gushue....

, Mike Adam
Mike Adam
Michael B. Adam, ONL is a Canadian curler. He was born in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador), where he currently lives.Adam was the alternate for the Canadian 2006 Winter Olympics curling team skipped by Brad Gushue...

Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton is a Canadian curler. Stoughton is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip.-Career:...

, Jon Mead
Jon Mead
Jonathan Mead is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mead played third for Wayne Middaugh's rink until the end of the 2009-10 curling season...

, Garry Van Den Berghe
Garry Van Den Berghe
Garry Van Den Berghe is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays second for Jay Peachey out of New Westminster....

, Steve Gould
Steve Gould (curler)
Steve Gould is a Canadian curler from Headingley, Manitoba. He currently plays lead for Jeff Stoughton....

, Don Harvey
Halifax, Nova Scotia Gold
2009
2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 6-13, 2009 at Rexall Place in Edmonton. The event is also known and advertised as Roar of the Rings. The winner of the men's and women's events will represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin (curler)
Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

, John Morris
John Morris (curler)
John Morris is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Chestermere, Alberta. Morris plays third for the Kevin Martin team. Morris, author of the book Fit to Curl, is the son of Maureen and Earle Morris, inventor of the "Stabilizer" curling broom...

, Marc Kennedy
Marc Kennedy
Marc Kennedy is a Canadian curler, and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist from Edmonton, Alberta. Kennedy currently plays second for Kevin Martin....

, Ben Hebert
Ben Hebert
Ben Hebert is a Canadian curler, a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist, 2008 World Champion and two time Brier Champion from Calgary, Alberta...

, Adam Enright
Adam Enright
Adam Enright is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a former alternate for Kevin Martin's rink with whom he won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics as well as wins at the 2008 Tim Hortons Brier and the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship.Currently, Enright plays third for Tom Appelman's...

Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard is a Canadian curler from Penetanguishene, Ontario. He has won three Briers and three world championships in his career. He has also won six straight Ontario provincials.-1980s-2006:...

, Richard Hart
Richard Hart (curler)
Richard Hart is a retired Canadian curler from Pickering, Ontario. With skip Glenn Howard, Hart has played in 8 straight Ontario Finals....

, Brent Laing
Brent Laing
Brent Laing is a Canadian curler from Stayner, Ontario. He currently plays second for Glenn Howard....

, Craig Savill
Craig Savill
Craig Edward Savill is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He currently plays lead for former World Champion Glenn Howard rink....

, Steve Bice
Steve Bice
Stephen "Steve" Bice is a Canadian curler from Milton, Ontario.Bice currently plays second for his brother, Mark. However, he is most notable for also being the alternate on Glenn Howard's team....

Edmonton, Alberta Gold
2013
2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials will be held from December 1 to 8 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The event is also known and advertised as The Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings...

TBD TBD Winnipeg, Manitoba

Women's Champions

Trials Winning team Runners up Location Placing at Olympics
1997
1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 1997 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held Nov. 22-30, 1997 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Final Standings:-Playoffs:-Final Standings:...

Sandra Schmirler
Sandra Schmirler
Sandra Marie Schmirler, SOM , was a Canadian curler, who captured three Canadian Curling Championships and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler skipped her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year curling was a medal sport...

, Jan Betker
Jan Betker
Janice "Jan" Betker is a Canadian curler. Betker is best known for playing third on the Sandra Schmirler rink that won three world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the 1990s...

, Joan McCusker
Joan McCusker
Joan McCusker , grew up in Saltcoats. She is a Canadian curler who played second on the team of Sandra Schmirler at the provincial, national and international level. As part of the Schmirler rink, McCusker won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

, Marcia Gudereit
Marcia Gudereit
Marcia Gudereit is a Canadian curler.Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she was part of Team Schmirler, the women's curling team that won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. This team is the only 3-time winner of the World Curling Championship...

Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...

, Glenys Bakker
Glenys Bakker
Glenys Bakker is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

, Shannon Nimmo, Joanne Sipka, Sally Shigehiro
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...

Gold
2001
2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 1-9, 2001 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics.-Final Standings:-Playoffs:-Final Standings:...

Kelley Law
Kelley Law
Kelley Law formerly known as Kelley Atkins and Kelley Owen is a Canadian curler from Coquitlam, British Columbia...

, Julie Skinner
Julie Skinner
Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

, Georgina Wheatcroft
Georgina Wheatcroft
Georgina Wheatcroft is a Canadian curler.Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1985 for British Columbia...

, Diane Nelson, Cheryl Noble
Cheryl Noble
Cheryl Noble is a Canadian curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan.Anderson has been to five Scott Tournament of Hearts, four as a skip. Her first Scotts were in 1994 when her team lost in the semi-final. Anderson returned the following year, but finished out of the playoffs at 6-5...

, Kim Hodson, Sandra Mulroney, Donna Gignac, Heather Walsh
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

Bronze
2005
2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 3-11, 2005 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.-Teams: = Skips, but does not throw last rocks...

Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...

, Amy Nixon
Amy Nixon
Amy Nixon is a Canadian curler. At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law...

, Glenys Bakker
Glenys Bakker
Glenys Bakker is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta.Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

, Christine Keshen
Christine Keshen
Christine Keshen is a Canadian curler from Invermere, British Columbia)Keshen played lead for Team Canada, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink at the 2006 Winter Olympics....

, Sandra Jenkins
Sandra Jenkins
Sandra Jenkins is a Canadian curler from Salmon Arm, British Columbia....

Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...

, Jeanna Schraeder
Jeanna Schraeder
Jeanna Schraeder is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently plays third for Kelly Scott....

, Sasha Carter
Sasha Carter
Sasha Carter also known as Sasha Bergner, is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. She currently plays second for Kelly Scott....

, Renee Simons
Renee Simons
Renee Simons is a Canadian curler.Playing lead for Kelly Scott, Simons won the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, a bronze medal at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and a gold medal at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship...

, Michelle Allen
Halifax, Nova Scotia Bronze
2009
2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held December 6-13, 2009 at Rexall Place in Edmonton. The event is also known and advertised as Roar of the Rings. The winner of the men's and women's events will represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard is a Canadian curler from Calgary. She represented Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics as the team's skip, winning the silver medal in women's curling after falling to Sweden in the final....

, Susan O'Connor
Susan O'Connor
Susan O'Connor is a Canadian curler from Alberta. She currently plays third for Cheryl Bernard.O'Connor is a Respiratory Therapist at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta...

, Carolyn Darbyshire
Carolyn Darbyshire
Carolyn Darbyshire-McRory is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She played second for Cheryl Bernard from 2005-2011.Darbyshire joined the team in 2005 after playing for Renelle Bryden...

, Cori Bartel
Cori Bartel
Corinne "Cori" Morris is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She played lead for Cheryl Bernard from 2005 to 2011....

, Kristie Moore
Kristie Moore
Kristie Moore is a Canadian curler. She was the alternate player on the Canadian women's team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was five months pregnant at the time, making her only the third Olympic athlete to be pregnant during Olympic competition...

Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink is a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy...

, Amy Nixon
Amy Nixon
Amy Nixon is a Canadian curler. At the age of four she moved with her family to Regina, Saskatchewan, where she grew up. She moved to Calgary in 1995, where she now resides. Nixon is an alumnus of the University of Calgary with three degrees in kinesiology, women's studies and law...

, Bronwen Webster, Chelsey Bell, Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin
Heather Nedohin is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. She is a former Canadian and World Junior champion, Scott Tournament of Hearts Champion and a World bronze medalist...

Edmonton, Alberta Silver
2013
2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials will be held from December 1 to 8 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The event is also known and advertised as The Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings...

TBD TBD Winnipeg, Manitoba
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